{"id":3837,"date":"2026-03-03T04:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:00:31","slug":"full-schedule-of-2026-world-baseball-classic-on-spotv-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/full-schedule-of-2026-world-baseball-classic-on-spotv-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Full schedule of 2026 World Baseball Classic on SPOTV NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball takes centre stage once again this March as the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) gets underway, bringing together the world\u2019s best players in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/10-of-the-biggest-non-football-international-events-in-2026\/\">one of the most highly anticipated international events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning champions Japan return with their sights set on defending their crown and capturing a fourth WBC title, while Team USA, backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/every-mlb-player-participating-in-2026-world-baseball-classic\/\">a strong roster of Major League Baseball (MLB) stars<\/a>, chase their second championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTg_b7WAEb6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV SEA (@spotvsea)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans can catch the following games of the 2026 edition live on <strong>SPOTV NOW<\/strong>, available in 13 territories including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippine (subject to change).<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Match<\/th>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Time (GMT+8)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Chinese Taipei vs Australia<\/td>\n<td>5 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>11:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Czech Republic vs South Korea<\/td>\n<td>5 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia vs Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td>6 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>11:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Japan vs Chinese Taipei<\/td>\n<td>6 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cuba vs Panama<\/td>\n<td>7 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>12:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands vs Venezuela<\/td>\n<td>7 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>1:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USA vs Brazil<\/td>\n<td>7 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>9:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chinese Taipei vs Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td>7 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>11:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Korea vs Japan<\/td>\n<td>7 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nicaragua vs Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>8 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>1:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panama vs Puerto Rico<\/td>\n<td>8 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great Britain vs USA<\/td>\n<td>8 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>9:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chinese Taipei vs South Korea<\/td>\n<td>8 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>11:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia vs Japan<\/td>\n<td>8 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands vs Dominican Republic<\/td>\n<td>9 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>12:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panama vs Canada<\/td>\n<td>9 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Korea vs Australia<\/td>\n<td>9 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cuba vs Puerto Rico<\/td>\n<td>10 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venezuela vs Nicaragua<\/td>\n<td>10 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mexico vs USA<\/td>\n<td>10 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Czech Republic vs Japan<\/td>\n<td>10 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada vs Puerto Rico<\/td>\n<td>11 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Italy vs USA<\/td>\n<td>11 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>9:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Italy vs Mexico<\/td>\n<td>12 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>7:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dominican Republic vs Venezuela<\/td>\n<td>12 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quarter-final 1<\/td>\n<td>14 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>6:30AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quarter-final 2<\/td>\n<td>14 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quarter-final 3<\/td>\n<td>15 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>3:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quarter-final 4<\/td>\n<td>15 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>9:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Semi-final 1<\/td>\n<td>16 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Semi-final 2<\/td>\n<td>17 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final<\/td>\n<td>18 March 2026<\/td>\n<td>8:00AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball takes centre stage once again this March as the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) gets underway, bringing together the world\u2019s best players in one of the most highly anticipated international events. Reigning champions Japan return with their sights set on defending their crown and capturing a fourth WBC title, while Team USA, backed by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/full-schedule-of-2026-world-baseball-classic-on-spotv-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Full schedule of 2026 World Baseball Classic on SPOTV NOW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[268,382,380,766],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-baseball-en","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3878,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions\/3878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}